PMID- 38524959
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
LR  - 20240326
IS  - 0253-7176 (Print)
IS  - 0975-1564 (Electronic)
IS  - 0253-7176 (Linking)
VI  - 46
IP  - 1
DP  - 2024 Jan
TI  - Fantasy Sports as Gaming or Gambling? Perception, Attitudes, and Engagement 
      Behavior of College Students.
PG  - 60-65
LID - 10.1177/02537176231207994 [doi]
AB  - BACKGROUND: The current study was carried out owing to the projected increase in 
      the fantasy sports market in India, the popularity of fantasy sports in the age 
      group of 18-25 years, the gambling-related implications of engaging in fantasy 
      sports, and the dearth of published data on the extent and pattern of engagement 
      in fantasy sports among college students in India. We aimed to assess the 
      attributes of engagement in fantasy sports among college students and explore 
      their perceptions and attitudes toward fantasy sports. METHODS: This was a 
      cross-sectional observational study among students enrolled in undergraduate 
      courses in an autonomous college in central India. The study questionnaire 
      included a semi-structured proforma that asked for information on the 
      sociodemographic details, questions to assess the gaming (both online and 
      offline) pattern and participation in fantasy sports by the study participants, 
      and a modified Motives for Online Gaming Questionnaire (MOGQ). The participants 
      were also asked to express, on a 10-point scale, their agreement that fantasy 
      sports are similar to gambling. RESULTS: Around one-fifth of the participants had 
      engaged in a fantasy sport at least once. Around 18% had gambled at least once. 
      The participants who reported losing money from fantasy sports also engaged in a 
      significantly greater number of fantasy sports (p = .002). Those who engaged in 
      fantasy sports with the main goal of making money agreed more with the statement 
      that fantasy sports are similar to online gambling compared to those who did not 
      (p = .01). CONCLUSIONS: Those who engaged in fantasy sports to make money agreed 
      more with the statement that fantasy sports are similar to gambling. The study 
      helps understand the associations between various psychosocial motives, monetary 
      motivations, and involvement in fantasy sports.
CI  - (c) 2023 The Author(s).
FAU - Balhara, Yatan Pal Singh
AU  - Balhara YPS
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-1616-6403
AD  - National Drug Dependence Treatment Center and Dept. of Psychiatry, All India 
      Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, India.
FAU - Gulati, Daman Deep Kaur
AU  - Gulati DDK
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-4199-9100
AD  - The Bhopal School of Social Sciences, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India.
FAU - Rajguru, Akanksha Jayant
AU  - Rajguru AJ
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-1982-3184
AD  - National Drug Dependence Treatment Center and Dept. of Psychiatry, All India 
      Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, India.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20231206
PL  - United States
TA  - Indian J Psychol Med
JT  - Indian journal of psychological medicine
JID - 7910727
PMC - PMC10958070
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Fantasy sports
OT  - Gambling
OT  - Gaming
OT  - Student
COIS- The authors declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the 
      research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.
EDAT- 2024/03/25 06:43
MHDA- 2024/03/25 06:44
PMCR- 2023/12/06
CRDT- 2024/03/25 04:34
PHST- 2024/03/25 06:44 [medline]
PHST- 2024/03/25 06:43 [pubmed]
PHST- 2024/03/25 04:34 [entrez]
PHST- 2023/12/06 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - 10.1177_02537176231207994 [pii]
AID - 10.1177/02537176231207994 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Indian J Psychol Med. 2024 Jan;46(1):60-65. doi: 10.1177/02537176231207994. Epub 
      2023 Dec 6.